House Republicans renew energy efficiency fight
House Energy and Commerce Republicans are reviving their fight against Biden-era Department of Energy efficiency standards this week, charging that federal rulemaking has driven up consumer costs and limited choice in the marketplace. The Energy Subcommittee hearing comes as lawmakers in both parties trade blame for rising housing and utility prices. “During the Biden-Harris Administration, […]
Groups Protest APS Flip Flop on Clean Energy and Coal
Today, representatives from Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter, Chispa Arizona,Mi Familia en Acción, Vote Solar, AZ AANHPI Advocates, Rural Arizona Engagement, PoderLatinx, Arizona Interfaith Power and Light, Arizona Youth Climate Coalition, Arizona Associationof Retired Americans, and other clean energy advocates, protested outside the Arizona PublicService (APS) headquarters. The focus was on the recent APS […]
Groceries or AC? For far too many APS customers, this is their choice | Opinion
Across Arizona, families are facing impossible choices: paying for groceries or paying the light bill, covering prescriptions or keeping the AC running in 110-degree heat. These are not hypothetical scenarios. They are a daily reality for too many Arizonans. Now, Arizona Public Service wants to make survival even harder. The utility is proposing a 14% rate […]
Arizona regulators to vote Aug. 14 to begin repeal of renewable energy requirements
Arizona regulators will vote this week on whether to officially begin the process to repeal renewable energy standards for many of the state’s electric utilities that were first adopted 19 years ago. Last year, the Arizona Corporation Commission took the first steps to repeal the Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff, or REST, rules. The rules […]
Tucson leaders unanimously vote to shut down massive data center proposal known as Project Blue
Local leaders in Tucson have voted not to allow a proposed data center with ties to Amazon known as Project Blue to move forward. The massive 290-acre data center would have been built southeast of downtown. Mayor Regina Romero and the Tucson City Council were set to vote on the matter next week. But during […]
Arizona’s largest utility scraps its 2050 climate emissions target
Arizona’s largest utility will no longer seek to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and will also scrap its interim climate goals, company officials said Wednesday. The announcement by Arizona Public Service comes amid a period of massive load growth fueled by data centers and extreme heat in the state. Ted Geisler, the CEO of […]
TEP will likely need new natural gas plant to serve 2nd Project Blue complex
Tucson Electric Power will likely need to build a new natural gas plant to serve the second big data center complex planned for Project Blue, a spokesman said this week. But if that does happen — and TEP says it hasn’t decided yet if it will serve that complex — the utility will build the […]
Tucson deal: ‘Project Blue’ data centers would thirst for water & electricity
A pair of data centers proposed for Tucson would use more water than four golf courses when fully built out, and be energized with more power than any other TEP customer, according to city documents released Monday. While City Manager Tim Thomure said he’s supportive of the proposal, elected members of the City Council have […]
Local opinion: Real independence depends on clean energy
This Independence Day, we’ll hear a lot about patriotism and American strength abroad. But to me, as a retired Marine, real independence also means protecting our people here at home — not leaving working families vulnerable to rising energy costs, foreign oil markets and preventable crises. Right now, veterans and families across Arizona are facing […]
Arizona opinion: TEP rate increase likely to sail through pro-utility ACC
If you are a Tucson Electric Power customer, instead of the red and blue, you will soon start seeing black and blue. TEP is pushing for an eye-popping windfall by demanding an extra $194 million in Base Rate Revenue — a 16.5% increase, although it nets to 14% after taking into account other changes. Worse yet, the monopoly is […]
